Bruno Le Maire. “Protestants, we need you, your spirit of resistance.”

It was in the high-tech environment of Station F, an incubator for innovative start-ups in the heart of Paris, that the French Protestant Federation hosted its second annual “dinner” on Monday, November 28. In France, Protestants represent about two million believers, their national federation unites about thirty church unions, the most famous of which are Lutherans and Reformed.

Tonight the President of the Republic was announced, then Elizabeth Bourne, the Prime Minister, but both preempted, finally presented by the Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire and the Secretary of State for Youth Sarah El Hairy. the government.

Before a packed house, where two hundred young Protestants presented their projects, Minister Le Maire, who did not hesitate to describe himself as “catholic“, started them.It is in these times when the world is rocking that we need you, that we need the spirit of resistance, that we need the Protestant spirit.»

Starting from the field”politics” so “economics does not saturate politics“because”it is politics that should dictate elections and not the other way around“and that there is no”the economy without justice“. The minister strongly called on young people to directly enter politics, particularly to fight “despair” and some”fatigue“. It also calls for “ecology“and”equality between men and women“.

“Offering everyone a dignified end of life”

As for the debateend of life Bruno Le Maire said that “Protestants have something to say“because there is”we must offer each of our compatriots a dignified end of life” in order to “Palliative care units should be open to all, without difficulty, without the need for knowledge or connections to access them“. As for substantive end-of-life decisions, he considered it necessary.”debate, ask questions, respect each other’s positions until reaching a final position“.

In his introductory speech, the new president of the French Protestant Federation, Christian Krieger, addressed this sensitive point for religions.Theologians and religions are called to contribute to the end-of-life debate, not so much to fight potential law, but primarily to shed light on human and societal issues.»

He thus assured that the federation “actively participate in the debate“. Protestants”welcome the cautionary nature of CCNE Opinion 139 and, in particular, the encouragement to implement public health measures necessary for the development of palliative care, as well as for better understanding and application of the Claes-Leonette law.“. In any case, Protestants will accompany people from the end of their lives to the end.whatever their choice“, he added to punctuate his speech.

Too many “administrative restrictions”

Finally coming backthe law confirming respect for republican principles“A law with a very bad experience in Protestant communities, the president of the federation assured.the questions“Protestants”are not a challenge to the government, nor to its legitimacy to provide the state with the means to guarantee security and public order.“but a warning that this law.”affects the expression of religious freedom“. Especially “multiplication of administrative restrictions” those “often too restrictive“for some”local associations run by volunteers“.

Hence his requestreview the application CRPR Act» for”develop dialogue with public authorities” because “We raise this issue because we are committed to the republic and to secularism, which guarantees freedom of conscience and religion.»